Reported by Anton Troianovski and Photograph by Andrea DiCenzo DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — On an artificial island on the edge of the Persian Gulf, Dima Tutkov feels safe. There are none of the anti-Russian attitudes that he hears about in Europe. He has noticed no potholes or homelessness, unlike what he saw in Los […]

Reported by: Henry Holloway VLADIMIR Putin is presiding over a “mafia” state where murder is a tool used to defeat his enemies and to scare his uneasy allies into keeping in line.  Experts believe the deaths of at least 39 high profile figures – ranging from oligarchs to scientists and even generals – could show […]